#Vladimir Nabokov

THE LOVER by Marguerite Duras is the Anti-LOLITA

How Marguerite Duras' THE LOVER Gives Nabokov's "nymphet" figure a voice.

3 Cringe-Worthy Book Covers

Three book covers that will make you shudder (all for different reasons!)

Genre Kryptonite: Unreliable Narrators

Rioter Amanda ticks off some reading recommendations for one of her favorite tropes: unreliable narrators.

Reading Is Not A Chore: On Quitting Books

I wish we could talk about our reading preferences without invoking the health or state of literature every time, as ...

Literary Tourism: Berlin

A visitor's guide showcasing Berlin's literary highlights and heritage.

Let’s Put James Franco on All the Book Covers

Last week, when presented with the As I Lay Dying movie tie-in with James Franco on the cover, the internet let ...

The Best of BookRiot.tv: The Most Watched Book Trailers, March 16-22, 2013

Here are the most popular book trailers from the last week on BookRiot.tv. Click the cover to watch!

Read This Then That: GLACIERS and MARY

In Read This Then That, we pair new books with classics that have similar themes, structures, and stories. In his ...

Genre Kryptonite: Books You’ve Never Heard of By Authors You Have

This is a guest post from Nicole Perrin. Nicole is an editor, reader, tea drinker, and lit blogger (not necessarily in ...

The Top American Writers?

Last week, the MLA* ranked the top 25 American writers according to the amount of scholarship that has been devoted ...